英语听力精选进阶版 8978

Donald Trump¹ has offered two more capital posts to who conservative for Republicans. He's asking the Alabama senator Jeff Sessions to be Attorney General. Mr. Sessions was rejected to by congress as the federal judge in the 1980s because of racially charge comments. Mr. Trump has chosen Mike Pompeo, a Kansas Congressman² linked to the Tea Party movement to be director of the CIA.

唐纳德.特朗普再次向保守派共和党提供了两个重要的职位。他任命阿拉巴马参议院杰克夫.赛辛斯为司法部部长。在上世纪80年代。赛辛斯因为一些种族言论而被议会否决担任联邦法官。另外，唐纳德先生还任命曾与茶党运动有关系的堪萨斯州国会议员麦克.蓬皮奥为中央情报局局长。

The Obama administration has blocked new off-shore drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic Ocean as part of a five-year plan. Donald Trump said he will remove restrictions³ on oil and gas companies but he would need to go through a long process for up to two years to undo⁴ Mr.Obama's move.

奥巴马当局已经拒绝把在北冰洋进行新的石油和天然气钻探工作作为新的五年计划。唐纳德.特朗普认为，他将会取消对石油以及天然气公司的限制。但是他还表示将需要两年时间才能彻底废除奥巴马的举措。

The World Heath Organization has declared that the Zika emergence⁵ is now over.The affection has be linked to thousands of babies being born with underdeveloped brains. Doctors describe it as a pandemic. Some women in affected⁶ countries were advised to delay getting pregnant.

世界卫生组织宣布寨卡病毒已经结束。此次疫情导致了数千名婴儿在出生时脑部发育不健全。医生称这是一种传染病。医生建议疫情地区的女性推迟怀孕。

It has been a fourth day of heavy air and artillery⁷ attacks on rebel-held neighborhoods of Aleppo, descried⁸ as one of the most intended bombardment the city has ever seen. Multiple air raids reportedly included the dropping the unguided barrel bombs from government helicopters.

阿勒颇叛军控制的地区目前已经遭遇了四天的严重空袭以及火炮袭击。据说这是自建城以来，阿勒颇遭受的最为严重的轰炸。包括政府直升机在内的多起空袭多次发动。

Iraqi government forces have found anther suspected mass grave in territory recently recaptured from Islamic state militant⁹. Journalists were shown an isolated¹⁰ site near the village of town Adh-Dhahab, just south of the city of Mosul.

伊拉克政府军近日发现从伊斯兰激进分子手中夺回的的领土，疑似为另一处乱葬岗。记者看到了在Adh-Dhahab小镇附近村落的这个孤立的地点。这个地点就位于摩苏尔南部。

The supreme¹¹ court in India has warned there could be riots because of the government withdraw of all high-value bank notes. The court refused a government request to stop the public filing cases against the decision which the presiding judge had said cause the public suffering.

印度最高法院发出警告，由于政府宣布最高面额的钞票不再流通，这可能会导致暴乱。法庭曾拒绝政府要求法庭制止一切有关民众发动对此决定起诉的请求。因为法官认为这样的决定会给公众带来灾难。

And the authority in Mexico have ordered the computer giant Dell to honor a deal published online by mistake this month, offering some of its best laptops for about 30 dollars.

墨西哥当局下令电脑巨头戴尔继续履行其在网上因为失误发布的交易信息，该信息是指以大约为30美元的价格出售其配置最高的便携式电脑。

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 Congressman   

n.（美）国会议员

参考例句：

• He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

3 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

4 undo   

vt.解开，松开；取消，撤销

参考例句：

• His pride will undo him some day.他的傲慢总有一天会毁了他。
• I managed secretly to undo a corner of the parcel.我悄悄地设法解开了包裹的一角。

5 emergence   

n.浮现，显现，出现，（植物）突出体

参考例句：

• The last decade saw the emergence of a dynamic economy.最近10年见证了经济增长的姿态。
• Language emerges and develops with the emergence and development of society.语言是随着社会的产生而产生，随着社会的发展而发展的。

6 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

7 artillery   

n.(军)火炮，大炮；炮兵(部队)

参考例句：

• This is a heavy artillery piece.这是一门重炮。
• The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.炮兵火力比步兵大。

8 descried   

adj.被注意到的，被发现的，被看到的

参考例句：

• He descried an island far away on the horizon. 他看到遥远的地平线上有个岛屿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• At length we descried a light and a roof. 终于，我们远远看见了一点灯光，一所孤舍。 来自辞典例句

9 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

10 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

11 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。